I Am A Critic Who Is Pulled

I Want Another Idea, Another Project, But You Can't Make Them Up. They Show Up.

Think About How Rare It Is For Anyone To Encounter A Teacher Who Can Open You Up To The Notion That There Is An Infinite Amount Of Meaning And Possibility And Inspiration In The Smallest Thing Before You.

What’s The Impulse Behind Art? It’s Saying In Whatever Language Is The Language Of Your Work, “if I Could Move You As Much As It Moved Me … If I Can Move Anyone A Tenth As Much As That Moved Me, If I Can Spark The Same Sense Of Mystery And Awe And Surprise As That Sparked In Me, Well That’s Why I Do What I Do.”

What Always Attracted Me To [bob] Dylan, And What Has Sustained Me As A Dylan Listener, Or Has Always Continued To Surprise Me, Is His Voice, The Way He Sings, The Way He Wraps His Voice Around Certain Words, The Way He Backs Off From Melodic Moments, The Way He Moves Forward To Grab Something In A Song That, Were Anybody Else Performing It, They Would Have No Idea It Was Even There.

No Failure In America, Whether Of Love Or Money, Is Ever Simple; It Is Always A Kind Of Betrayal, Of A Mass Of Shadowy, Shared Hopes.